PhD Conservation of Cultural Heritage
These programmes of study are designed for students who have a passion to pursue a conservation or heritage-based research project defined by themselves, but with the support of an academic environment and supervisors.Research students will be able to access support and training designed to develop the practical and critical skills necessary for investigation and study at doctoral level. Direction will be available from a supervisory team, and students will can benefit from the School’s research expertise spanning a broad range of conservation and cultural heritage specialisms.Strong links exist within the College of Arts and with the College of Science, and there is an interdisciplinary research culture that facilitates collaboration with colleagues across a wide range of topics. Current research areas include archaeological conservation, paint and pigment analysis, and preventative conservation.
Research Areas and Topics:Research areas covered within the School include: Archaeological conservation, Architectural paint research, Collections management, Conservation of a broad range of objects and material types, Cultural heritage and climate change, Material culture, Paint and pigment analysis, Preventive conservation. Current PhD topics include: Architectural Paint Research: Examining the theoretical and practice-based contributions to the conservation of built heritage, Curating C18 culture: conservation, interpretation, and presentation of the Doddington Hall tapestries, Ince and Mayhew and their place in Eighteenth-Century Furniture History
These programmes of study are designed for students who have a passion to pursue a conservation or heritage-based research project defined by themselves, but with the support of an academic environment and supervisors.Research students will be able to access support and training designed to develop the practical and critical skills necessary for investigation and study at doctoral level. Direction will be available from a supervisory team, and students will can benefit from the School’s research expertise spanning a broad range of conservation and cultural heritage specialisms.Strong links exist within the College of Arts and with the College of Science, and there is an interdisciplinary research culture that facilitates collaboration with colleagues across a wide range of topics. Current research areas include archaeological conservation, paint and pigment analysis, and preventative conservation.
Research Areas and Topics:Research areas covered within the School include: Archaeological conservation, Architectural paint research, Collections management, Conservation of a broad range of objects and material types, Cultural heritage and climate change, Material culture, Paint and pigment analysis, Preventive conservation. Current PhD topics include: Architectural Paint Research: Examining the theoretical and practice-based contributions to the conservation of built heritage, Curating C18 culture: conservation, interpretation, and presentation of the Doddington Hall tapestries, Ince and Mayhew and their place in Eighteenth-Century Furniture History
